> I disagree. I think this is true for some vital resources
> (the Bonesmiths, eg), but many (if not most) steads should have
some
> sort of economic advantage/speciality. Concentrating all the
> resources at the Chief's stead is a little centralized for the
> Heortlings. Besides, that means if you are devoted to Pella, for
> example, you'll have to leave home and go elsewhere. Then when you
> get married, will you join your husband's stead, but live at the
> Chief's? The clan shouldn't be skimming all the cream off every
> stead. Some steads will have better herds and give that to the
clan,
> some will have the best weavers and provide cloth instead of cows.
> Some will have great sheep, good pots, and special trees, and they
> will prosper more than the other steads.
I think he meant that real specialists, people who concentrate in their craft, would be found on some central place. Needless to say that the carl who ploughs his fields could be the best man to brew ale or carve wood. In that way all these steads should be heterogenic and talent distributed randomly, much like the way you describe.
Question is, what crafts would be dominated by professional crafters in this particular clan. Personally, I don't think that besides smithing there would be need for any professional crafters.
> >However I agree that some of the natural resources of the tula are
> >apt to be nearest this stead, just by random distribution (although
> >the chief's stead is apt to be near the most valuable resources,
and
> >resources near there are most apt to have been fully developed).
>
> Great ideas, all of them.
Yes, who can think of anything?
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